Police Brutality & Impropriety

Indian River County Sheriff's deputy caught on tape using Taser on suspect What's not on the video resulted in his firing.

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 10:07 PM EST (WPTV.com)

Seeded by Beta Test Victim

Something you don't see often enough. A false statement in a report causing an officer to lose their job...

FAA Spending Bill Enables Police Use of Domestic Surveillance Drones

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:11 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Seeded by Holly-348328

The Senate has approved a $63 billion spending bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration for the next four years. Part of the bill will make it easier for domestic law enforcement agencies to obtain and use pilot-less surveillance drones inside the United States.

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Sheriff's Animal Control Officer Arrested for Stealing Homeless Pet Donation $$

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:23 PM EST (wtsp)

Seeded by maddad

Polk County, Florida -- Polk deputies say an Animal Control Officer was caught stealing money and other items donated to help pets in need.

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Banks Help Drug Cartels - Slap on the Wrist. Kid Buys Pot - Shot and Killed in His Own Home

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 9:53 AM EST (Daily Kos)

Seeded by McSpocky

A kid in New York allegedly had a bag of pot. He was unarmed. The NYPD followed him, broke down his door and shot and killed him in front of his six-year old sibling and his grandmother.

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A Bronx Tale: Murdered by police for Marijuana? Unarmed 18 year-old shot as grandmother watched

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 9:00 AM EST (Huliq, New York Daily News & PIX News)

Seeded by Carloz

Murdered by police for Marijuana? Last Thursday, Bronx narcotics officer Richard Haste, 30, charged at 18-year-old Ramarley Graham. Graham fled to his grandmother’s apartment. Haste kicked the door in.

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Police Brutality Tells Us More About Society Than Those Who Police It

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2012 9:47 AM EST (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by Jerry Verlinger

By Oren Moverman Academy Award nominated filmmaker Director “Rampart” "In a society that makes incarceration of minorities and the poor a lucrative business, a society that falls further and further down in its level of public educa …

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"I just happened to glance over and saw this huge chainsaw ripping down the side of my door."

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2012 6:43 PM EST (The Agitator)

Seeded by McSpocky

It’s going to be a while before things get back to normal for Judy Sanchez and her three-year-old daughter. Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of a massive citywide drug and weapons gang raid. Trouble is, Sanchez lives in apartmen …

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Single Mother in Milwaukee Raped by Cop – Then Arrested for "Assaulting an Officer"

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2012 6:16 PM EST ()

Seeded by McSpocky

Crime victims who call 911 often discover that while the police can’t offer help, they can always make the situation significantly worse – as a single mother from Milwaukee learned when she was raped by one of the cops who responded to her call, then arrested for &l; …

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